英语词汇naught的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

naught; naughty. Naughty has come to mean bad in a minor way, somewhat improper or indecent, mischievous, as in “a naughty child.” But in Middle English it was a much stronger word meaning wicked or immoral, deriving from the Old En- glish nauiht, which meant “nothing” and also gave us the word naught for zero. Dr. Johnson silenced two spinsters who com- plimented him for the omission of “naughty words” in his great dictionary with the comment: “What! my dears! then you have been looking for them!”

词汇	naught
词源	naught; naughty. Naughty has come to mean bad in a minor way, somewhat improper or indecent, mischievous, as in “a naughty child.” But in Middle English it was a much stronger word meaning wicked or immoral, deriving from the Old En- glish nauiht, which meant “nothing” and also gave us the word naught for zero. Dr. Johnson silenced two spinsters who com- plimented him for the omission of “naughty words” in his great dictionary with the comment: “What! my dears! then you have been looking for them!”
随便看	take a leaf out of one-s book take a long walk on a short pier take a powder take a stab at it take a walk up ladder lane and down hawser street take down a peg take it easy take it on the chin take lying down taken aback take one-s wife to paris take out take the bull by the horns take the cake take the long count take the rag off the bush take the scales from your eyes take the stone out of my shoe take the waters take the wind out of one-s sails take to journalism and strong drink take to the cleaners take to the hustings take to the tall timber take under one-s wing